N'Goureyma
Seen to fall in 1900 in Mali · 38 kg recovered · Iron, ungrouped
N'Goureyma is the heaviest of the four Iron, ungrouped falls. It is one of 48 iron meteorites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 13.850° N, 4.383° W
The map is centred on N'Goureyma. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to N'Goureyma is Béréba, 257 km to the south. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of N'Goureyma.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Béréba | 1924 | Eucrite-mmict | 18 kg | 257 km south |
| 2 | Bassikounou | 2006 | H5 | 30 kg | 270 km north-west |
| 3 | Guibga | 1972 | L5 | 288 g | 402 km east |
| 4 | Bilanga | 1999 | Diogenite | 25 kg | 491 km east |
| 5 | Ouadangou | 2003 | L5 | 4.4 kg | 494 km east |
| 6 | Pétèlkolé | 1995 | H5 | 189 g | 519 km east |
What Iron, ungrouped means
Iron, ungrouped is the label for an iron meteorite that matches none of the recognised chemical groups. The nearest other Iron, ungrouped fall is Soroti in Uganda, 4,392 km away. In date order among Iron, ungrouped falls, the one before N'Goureyma is Nedagolla (1870, India) and the one after is Soroti (1945, Uganda).
N'Goureyma in Mali’s record
The 1900s
N'Goureyma is one of 55 falls dated to the 1900s. Elsewhere, the record lists seven other falls in 1900, among them Alexandrovsky in Ukraine, Ofehértó in Hungary, Felix in the United States.